Well I have fought to keep everything up and running, but I since my wife left and ran all our bills up, foundout she was not paying anything, just telling me she had, she also maxed, overdrew and ran everything in the hole she could... about 3 months ago I just can't afford to keep up and running anymore, house payment about to fall behind, electric is 30 days out, gas is 15 past due, hours cut at work... on top of that she left the kids with me and has offered nearly no help ($50 a month, lol)
So, sadly I put everything on Ebay last night... Yaesu ft-890/at, mfj-962c tuner, nice mic setup, etc... I plan to keep the antennas however. (besides they are mostly just balling wire anyways, hahaha)
However there is a silver lining in all this... My wife says she will split the tax money with me this year, so I am expecting around 2000-$3000 back... that being said I maybe be off the air for a while, but this might give me time to work on building my 20m 1/4 wave vertical and might allow me to look at a NEW radio come tax time... right now I am thinking Yaesu 450D... heck of a bargin for $1000ish bucks... but man the yaesu 857d sure is sexy too, but I question what it's duty cycle would be like... I mean I could run the 890 at full tilt on SSB for a long time without getting warm... I would think that the 857d would not have quite the same duty cycle just do to it's small size, either that or it will have a LOUD fan
So while I am sad right now, I know I have no choice, but I realize that it might end up being a better deal for me in the end. Always finding the good in the bad right...
So, sadly I put everything on Ebay last night... Yaesu ft-890/at, mfj-962c tuner, nice mic setup, etc... I plan to keep the antennas however. (besides they are mostly just balling wire anyways, hahaha)
However there is a silver lining in all this... My wife says she will split the tax money with me this year, so I am expecting around 2000-$3000 back... that being said I maybe be off the air for a while, but this might give me time to work on building my 20m 1/4 wave vertical and might allow me to look at a NEW radio come tax time... right now I am thinking Yaesu 450D... heck of a bargin for $1000ish bucks... but man the yaesu 857d sure is sexy too, but I question what it's duty cycle would be like... I mean I could run the 890 at full tilt on SSB for a long time without getting warm... I would think that the 857d would not have quite the same duty cycle just do to it's small size, either that or it will have a LOUD fan
So while I am sad right now, I know I have no choice, but I realize that it might end up being a better deal for me in the end. Always finding the good in the bad right...